Posts Tagged ‘John Charcol’

Homebuyers should lock into long term fixed rate mortgages before costs rise next year, financial advisers claim. They point out that by the time we know whether forecasts of rising rates from the Ban...
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Would-be first time buyers, frozen out of the housing market by cash-strapped lenders demanding 20 per cent or even 25 per cent deposits, are being offered pre-credit crunch style 90 per cent loan to ...
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Lloyds Banking Group, which provided 60 per cent of all buy-to-let mortgages last year, is to cut maximum lending to landlords to a fifth of what the bank was willing to advance in 2009. Mortgage brok...
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Low mortgage rates have helped push the number of Britons owning property overseas above 1m but now a new survey claims four in 10 are surprised at how expensive it is to maintain homes abroad. Purcha...
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Homebuyers will find it more difficult to obtain mortgages in future, the Bank of England has warned, but there are simple steps you can take to get the loan you need. Adam Posen, a member of the Bank...
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Mortgage costs could be pushed up by £60 a month if a hung Parliament prevents difficult decisions being taken to curb Britain’s ballooning budget deficit. Homebuyers are urged to consider fixed ra...
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Big is not always best – particularly when it comes to customer service provided by banks and building societies. Now, as the Financial Services Authority probes these institutions’ poor complaint...
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If last night’s second act in the leaders’ debate leads to an inconclusive result in the general election, this could prove the most expensive reality TV show ever for savers, investors and homeb...
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According to new figures from the mortgage broker, John Charcol, fixed rate mortgages have never been less popular. When remortgaging or taking out a new mortgage, householders are instead en masse op...
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